2025 CAF Confederation Cup final

2025 CAF Confederation Cup final
Event2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup
First leg
Date17 May 2025 (2025-05-17)
VenueBerkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane
RefereePierre Atcho (Gabon)
Attendance10,000
WeatherMostly cloudy
24 °C (75 °F)
64% humidity
Second leg
Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueAmaan Stadium, Zanzibar City (Zanzibar)
RefereeDahane Beida (Mauritania)
Attendance15,000
WeatherMostly sunny
29 °C (84 °F)
67% humidity

The 2025 CAF Confederation Cup final were the final matches of the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, the 22nd season of the CAF Confederation Cup and the 50th as Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Teams

Team Zone Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
RS Berkane UNAF (North Africa) 4 (2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Simba CECAFA (East Africa) none

Venues

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

RS Berkane Round Simba
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Bye
Dadje 7–0 2–0 (A) 5–0 (H) Second round Al Ahli Tripoli 3–1 0–0 (A) 3–1 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Desportivo da LS 2–0 (H) Matchday 1 Bravos do Maquis 1–0 (H)
Stellenbosch 3–1 (A) Matchday 2 CS Constantine 1–2 (A)
Stade Malien 1–0 (H) Matchday 3 CS Sfaxien 2–1 (H)
Stade Malien 1–0 (A) Matchday 4 CS Sfaxien 1–0 (A)
Desportivo da LS 0–0 (A) Matchday 5 Bravos do Maquis 1–1 (A)
Stellenbosch 5–0 (H) Matchday 6 CS Constantine 2–0 (H)
Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 RS Berkane 6 16
2 Stellenbosch 6 9
3 Desportivo da LS 6 5
4 Stade Malien 6 4
Source: CAF
Final standings Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Simba 6 13
2 CS Constantine 6 12
3 Bravos do Maquis 6 7
4 CS Sfaxien 6 3
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Al Masry 2–2 (4–1 p) 0–2 (A) 2–0 (H)
CS Constantine 4–1 4–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Semi-finals Stellenbosch 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

Details

RS Berkane 2–0 Simba
  • Camara 8'
  • Lamlioui 14'
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Second leg

Details

Simba 1–1 RS Berkane
  • Mutale 17'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

See also

References